The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a higher desire to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.

For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are two dominant forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till things get better is simply not known.